[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg governance and accusations

[James Almer]

On 12/30/2024 1:57 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> After months of public harassment and accusations
> it appears the attacks against me shift to private mail.
> 
> Iam not sure how to handle this to be honest,
> It must from the outside look like these mails here and there are a minor
> thing, but really this is grinding my nerves down, my ability to do usefull work is
> like cut down to a quarter maybe. Everything takes so much more time
> in this hostile environment.
> 
> But in an attempt to remove the grand prize and motive behind this.
> I will never give any power related to FFmpeg to people who continue with
> attacks/harrassment/accusations.

I have already stated that all the changes that are needed don't require 
giving up any power. It only requires you not overriding decisions, and 
that includes infrastructure.

> (more clearly, any future democratication will exclude them permanently for all times)
> 
> Also the text quoted from me from years ago saying i would
> support passing power on, has expired now, the community back then also is not
> the GA now.
> 
> We today really are much farther away from democratication than back then.
> Theres a bigger divide between people, less tolerance. This has to change first
> 
> also about democratication, its not possible with the GA/CC as it is currrently.
> ATM 3 of 5 seats in the CC are filled by executives or employees of FFlabs.
> That would make FFmpeg a subsidiery of FFlabs and has nothing to do with democracy
> (this could actually give less power to the community than it has now)

1) More than 30 people voted for the CC.
2) Simple majority is a normal scenario in a democracy.
3) My employment has nothing to do with what I'd do in the CC.
4) I already resigned for the old CC and by extension the new one. This 
email only further confirms you don't plan to abide to its, or even the 
GA's, decisions.

> 
> Not to mention that the CC is judge, jury and executioner while pretending
> to be democratic.
You may be mixing "democratic" with "favorable".

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